Sentences with phrase «ground water depletion»
Moreover, the transformation of farming into an agribusiness has brought with it a host of environmental problems, including ground water depletion and contamination, soil toxification, and contamination of food supplies.
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Fertilizers), Prevention of soil erosion and nutrient depletion, Preservation of surface & ground water, Airborne emissions, and Use of GMOs (this is Europe).
Re: # 1 One trick pony, one trick pony — substitute habitat destruction, energy security, energy scarcity, air and ocean pollution, depletion of ground water, even your coming ice age — you miss the point of this piece in your ongoing devotion to denying climate change in every thread of DotEarth, regardless of the actual topic of Andy's post.
I certainly have serious concerns about some of the potential effects, but these concerns are more tied into the general footprint of humans on the planet rather than specifically related to AGW (over fishing the oceans and the depletion of ground water for example).
Some of the major human activities responsible for the destruction of wetlands in India include hydrologic alteration, agricultural activities, pollution, legal - policy failures, direct deforestation in wetlands, inundation by dammed reservoirs, degradation of water quality, global climate change effects, ground - water depletion and introduced species — extinction of native biota.
Augment the Renewable Energy Guidelines by, for instance, requiring wind energy developers to comply with more rigorous criteria including scientific research on setback allowances, noise, wind velocity, human health issues, property values, agricultural animal productivity and welfare, air traffic flight paths (commercial passenger and cargo plus light aircraft including air ambulance), environmental and ecological impact, health and safety issues for domestic animals, longterm adverse effect of cement pedestals on ground water, depletion of finite local aggregate supply and induced seismic activity on faults.